‘Not happy’ – how title race looks as Slot rues Liverpool draw

With a goal in the 61st minute on Wednesday, Trent Alexander-Arnold saved the Reds, moving them eight points clear of Arsenal’s second-placed team.

With Liverpool taking on Manchester City on Sunday and the Gunners hosting West Ham the day before, Slot’s side have played a game more than their north London counterparts, who may see an opportunity to reduce the deficit.

In the final seconds, Donyell Malen’s shot wide to the left was a stunning chance for Villa to win the game, but Darwin Nunez missed a fantastic opportunity to win it.

The only reason we could be happy with the score of 2-2 was that they had their final opportunity, perhaps their third, after scoring two, Slot claimed. That might be the only argument in favor of agreeing with a statement.

” For everything else, I’m not happy with 2-2. I wasn’t happy at all being 2-1 down at half-time, it didn’t reflect the first half at all. “

Liverpool may have only managed a draw on Wednesday, but Slot’s side have now gone 22 consecutive Premier League games without defeat, winning 15 of those.

For the first time in 44 games, which included a run of unbeaten games between January 2019 and February 2020, when they went on to claim their first Premier League title, have they been able to put together such a streak.

Despite the draw, data analysts Opta still predict Liverpool to finish top on 87 points, six clear of Arsenal, using their projection algorithm.

Their chance of winning the title has dropped slightly, however, from 87.65% to 84.79%, while Arsenal’s has risen from 12.35% to 15.13%.

No other team has a better chance of winning than 1% of Opta does.

The league leaders, who scraped a close-fought 2-1 victory over Wolves at Anfield on Sunday and then had to come from behind to earn the point at Villa, have had a test run. They conceded a last-gasp equalizer against Everton in an emotional Merseyside derby draw at Goodison Park last Wednesday.

However, Slot claimed that the form of his team has deteriorated.

If West Ham is defeated at the Emirates on Saturday, they know Arsenal will close the gap to five points.

” I don’t feel like that at all, “added Slot”. It’s always a challenging match at Villa if you leave. Performance-wise, not a dip at all today in my opinion.

“What we must not do, and a bit too often now, we don’t get what we deserve. Which team should have won this game if you combined our chances with them for the entire game.

Liverpool’s recent form: WWDWD

Liverpool’s first few weeks are busy, with the Reds playing league games essentially every three days until the month’s end.

However, with only one league game in March, a home game against bottom club Southampton, things start to calm down.

Both clubs will have nine games until the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle on March 16 will take place at home against Chelsea in the Premier League.

On either 4 or 5 March, Liverpool will also have the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, when they will travel to either Paris St-Germain or Benfica. A week later will be the week before the return leg at Anfield.

Liverpool will host Arsenal on May 10 but will have a home game against Crystal Palace in the offing week to wrap up the season.

Liverpool’s final 12 Premier League games:

Arsenal’s recent form: WDWWW

Arsenal have their longest winning streak under Mikel Arteta, winning 15 league games (W10 D5).

They currently face Chelsea on March 16 to catch up with Liverpool, who are also playing in the Carabao Cup final. They have one more Premier League game to play than Liverpool.

Gunners fans will be hoping that their side will still be in the top four when they travel to Anfield on May 10 because a win there would prepare them for a trip to Newcastle and then an away trip to Southampton in the final day, by which point they could be relegated.

Arsenal’s final 13 Premier League games:

Liverpool travel to Manchester City, where they currently stand, on Sunday, before Newcastle visit Anfield on Wednesday.

After the draw at Villa Park, Slot stated, “Every team has to play every team twice, and this week is Villa away from Villa and City away.”

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